Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may read more

Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most.

The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.

The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.

The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more

The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]

But men are men; the best sometimes forget.

But men are men; the best sometimes forget.

And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.

And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.

He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.

He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.

You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.

You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.

Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.

Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.

In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you
bee drowned.

In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you
bee drowned.